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When exposing bacterial cells (washed, supernatant free) to seeds it stimulate germination and other seedling parameters (out of soil). It´s known that bacteria release gibberellins, IAA,...
27 August 2015 6,819 2 View
i want to deduct the chlorophyll content from the SPAD readings,
16 August 2015 5,667 15 View
I am starting a biogeography study of Coccoloba uvifera in the new world tropics and I came across two mycorrhizal studies on this species. One was an Ecto and the other was an AMF. Is it possible...
17 July 2015 10,098 2 View
I am planning to assess the total GAs (also want to assess GA3 seperately if possible within my circumstances) from inflorescence of grape berries and mature berries. I had stored samples at -80...
26 June 2015 2,935 4 View
I am looking at the macrofossils found in old pond sediments (ponds located in Norfolk, UK). This seed is appearing quite frequently in my samples - but I'm not sure what it is! The seeds are...
23 June 2015 1,992 4 View
I want to check the clonal fidelity of a medicinal orchid propagated from the mother plant using axillary branching.Now cross verify the robustness of the protocol I want to use molecular markers...
09 June 2015 1,812 9 View
hi, i want to know how long delay in infected phloem of a plant beans, Erwinia sp, and as is the most appropriate method of infection, to measure the presence of Erwinia in the phloem of plants,...
04 June 2015 2,216 2 View
Dear all, is anyone of you experienced how to improve the reproducibility of TUNEL assay in plant/moss cell culture? I am trying to establish this assay to visualize DNA damages in nuclei. When I...
01 June 2015 7,996 3 View
Hi,I took these pictures in a greenhouse near Sanandaj, Iran (5/17/2015), Seed germination on strawberry fruits, preharvest! Why did this happen?!
18 May 2015 5,318 19 View
I am planning an experiment where I need to apply a fungicide in lettuce. Rather than emplyoing a spray application, I am looking for the possibility of injecting the active ingredient into the...
07 May 2015 8,016 3 View
Malus Key Identification
04 May 2015 2,227 3 View
can anyone give me information about various selective media for production of biosurfactants? i already used Bushnell haas medium for production of Bio surfactants from Bacillus subtillis but...
03 April 2015 6,538 11 View
Cannot find anything in the literature. I don't need to know the exact number, just an estimation. Thanks.
01 April 2015 3,034 7 View
I will be doing the DPPH. SOD, CAT , AP and GR assays and was wondering how I'd determine if there is any effect when comparing my plant samples subjected to different abiotic and biotic stresses.
18 March 2015 4,347 5 View
I i'm conducting research on rice crop. I classified pollen into three categories based on their staining patterns on 1%IKI solution; Completely stained pollen, partially stained pollen and...
16 March 2015 9,401 11 View
Hi. I have represent some plants using branches's ratio and angles with the L-system fractal. These plants belongs to same species but they are different hybrids. So i classified them into two...
13 March 2015 3,889 3 View
A great dataset is accessible from http://taxonome.bitbucket.org/grasses_ptype.html to use in Taxonome 1.5 or other way dealing with json format (I imported the dataset in R for my own...
23 February 2015 8,762 5 View
How can I prepare slides for the study of plant histology? Please also suggest the other precautions and reagents required for this study.
21 February 2015 2,912 6 View
Xylem cavitation appears to be a major cause of tree mortality during droughts. If a tree is not killed, to what extent can this cavitation be reversed when the drought ends? There is quite a lot...
08 February 2015 8,015 12 View
I want to do some experiments about the two halophytes plants (Salicornia europaea and Distichlis palmeri) to study the growth and water relationships under the Egyptian conditions and I need the...
05 February 2015 10,249 4 View
Hi guys. i am checking heat resistancy/susceptibility of my arabidopsis mutant. First i grow seeds on MS for 1 week and do heat treatment at 45 degree for 70 mins and allow it to recover for 3...
03 February 2015 3,139 2 View
Growing near Emerald, Queensland, Australia. Suspected Amaranthaceae. Herbaceous, maximum height 1.5 metres; leaves glabrous, alternate; inflorescence slender, spike-like; all flowers bisexual,...
03 February 2015 6,721 9 View
How to determine the importance value index for the epiphytic orchid?
02 February 2015 7,952 3 View
I am looking for help in identifying seeds in the diet of waterfowl in California. In Europe, we have for example http://pierre.legagneux.free.fr/index.html as well as a digital seed atlas for the...
29 January 2015 8,548 6 View